Meet Mississippi’s Top Anti-Choice State Politician

Mississippi state representative Sam Mims has been working overtime to chip away at women’s reproductive rights.

A state lawmaker in Mississippi has filed a bill that would impose age restrictions on emergency contraception sales in his state. Under HB 29, young women in Mississippi would only be allowed to purchase over-the-counter Plan B if they’re over the age of 18, while minors would be required to go through a health care professional.

The politician pushing the new measure, Mississippi State Rep. Sam Mims (R), is no stranger to efforts to restrict reproductive rights. Back in 2012, he sponsored a bill imposing burdensome regulations on abortion clinics — a piece of legislation that threatened to shut down the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the only clinic left in the entire state. The Jackson clinic has been fighting to remain open ever since. Last April, right before a state hearing to determine whether the clinic’s license should be revoked, a federal judge blocked Mims’ law, pointing out that the harsh new rules represented a direct attack on women’s abortion access.

By: dave-dr-gonzo

David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.

* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.